In the week ending November 10, the advance figure for seasonally
adjusted initial claims was 439,000, an increase
of 78,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 361,000. The
4-week moving average was 383,750, an increase of 11,750 from the
previous week's revised average of 372,000.

The advance seasonally adjusted insured unemployment
rate was 2.6 percent for the week ending November 3, an
increase of 0.1 percentage point from the prior week's revised
rate. The advance number for seasonally adjusted insured
unemployment during the week ending November 3 was
3,334,000, an increase of 171,000 from the preceding week's
revised level of 3,163,000. The 4-week moving average was
3,254,500, an increase of 17,750 from the preceding week's
revised average of 3,236,750.

UNADJUSTED
DATA

The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs,
unadjusted, totaled 466,348 in the week ending November 10, an
increase of 104,548 from the previous week. There were 363,016
initial claims in the comparable week in 2011.

The advance unadjusted insured unemployment rate was 2.3 percent
during the week ending November 3, an increase of 0.1 percentage
point from the prior week's revised rate. The advance unadjusted
number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled
2,933,855, an increase of 159,551 from the preceding week. A year
earlier, the rate was 2.5 percent and the volume was 3,177,477.

The total number of people claiming benefits in all programs for
the week ending October 27 was 4,977,808, a decrease of 100,423
from the previous week. There were 6,773,260 persons claiming
benefits in all programs in the comparable week in 2011.

Extended Benefits were only available in New York during the week
ending October 27.

Initial claims for UI benefits filed by former Federal civilian
employees totaled 1,544 in the week ending November 3, a decrease
of 415 from the prior week. There were 2,649 initial claims filed
by newly discharged veterans, a decrease of 7 from the preceding
week.

There were 18,400 former Federal civilian employees claiming UI
benefits for the week ending October 27, a decrease of 1 from the
previous week. Newly discharged veterans claiming benefits
totaled 38,932, a decrease of 609 from the prior week.

States reported 2,085,605 persons claiming EUC (Emergency
Unemployment Compensation) benefits for the week ending October
27, a decrease of 32,570 from the prior week. There were
2,935,466 persons claiming EUC in the comparable week in 2011.
EUC weekly claims include first, second, third, and fourth tier
activity.

The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending
November 3 were in Pennsylvania (+7,766), Ohio (+6,450), New
Jersey (+5,675), Michigan (+2,373), and Connecticut (+1,783), while the largest decreases were in
California (-8,149), New York (-2,241), Florida (-939), Georgia
(-913), and Indiana (-603).